March 11, 2004
After just 1 match SAFFC is already written off as a title challenger by
the fans & coach Jimmy Shoulder is not worried.
SAFFC coach Jimmy
Shoulder is no stranger to pressure after 20 years in the game. The former
As Shoulder prepared for the match against Balestier
Khalsa tomorrow, he claimed a 2nd defeat
would not constitute a crisis.
He stated that there are 25 matches to go after the Balestier
Khalsa match & there are still many points to
play for.
He claimed the public cannot expect the Warriors not to drop a single
point during a campaign & in his career he has seem teams losing in the
early part of their league campaign going on to win the title.
Still he is well aware of the detrimental effects defeats can have upon
his players mentally.
He knows a good run can boost their confidence, morale and self-belief
while a bad run will make improvement much more difficult.
With that, he is hoping to get the rub of the green & get a good
result to get their league campaign on the road. He claimed the Warriors will
just play their own game against the Tigers at Toa Payoh
Stadium & he is not making special plans for the Tigers' highly-rated
Korean quartet of Park Tae Won, Kim Chan Joong, Hea Sae Gyu
and Lee Ho Sung.